Quotes on Determination And Success

If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Progress in every age results only from the fact that there are some men and women who refuse to believe that what they know to be right cannot be done.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.